I am terrible with money. Once the bills are paid and I’ve made some essential (not essential at all) purchases, it’s week two of the month and I’m counting down the days until I get paid again.
This was all fine when I only had a small amount of rent to pay and could spend the rest on being … [Read more...]

Swimming is the only sport where your limbic system – your primitive brain – is constantly telling you that you will die.
It’s early one Sunday morning in Old Windsor and I’m listening to my Total Immersion (TI) swimming coach explain to me why so many of us find swimming hard. Namely that we are … [Read more...]

When I had my first child I couldn't understand how I would ever leave the house before midday again. Then I had my second child and wondered what the bloody hell we were playing at. Now we have to stop ourselves from getting to places before they're open.
A few of my friends have had babies … [Read more...]

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